Runs Deep: Still Waters Collective 2018 Anthology

by Marina Johnson (Compiled by), Alea Samone (Editor), Nia Mooney (Contributor)

Still Waters Collective, founded by Dasha Kelly Hamilton, began as an adult open mic at a Milwaukee nightclub called Mecca. From four poets standing sharing their work around a tall cocktail table, the Still Waters series grew to a weekly institution that nutured a community for more than a decade.

Today, SWC delivers programming to more than three dozen schools every year. Further, we offer employment, leadership development, and career training to program alumni between the ages of 18-25. Our family spans generations once again, with an adult open mic, a storytelling social, public workshops and discussions.

The future of Still Waters is to continue gathering our best ideas and selves around pages and stages, invigorating in us all the habit of listening AND being heard.

Still Waters Collective applies the craft of creative writing and the art of spoken word to build community, capacity and confidence.

86 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Marina Johnson, MD, is an endocrinologist in Irving, Texas.